Why Blizzard nerfed so much WD's? Mana costs increased so much and at least I have mana issues,The primary (costless) skills arent so usefull cause it has so low dps.Ok i am dont want the firebats again,it was annoying to stand and press only 1 click all the time BUT now i cant spam Zombie Bears to take life steal.And i havent found any good build so far

Why Blizzard nerfed so much WD's? Mana costs increased so much and at least I have mana issues,The primary (costless) skills arent so usefull cause it has so low dps.Ok i am dont want the firebats again,it was annoying to stand and press only 1 click all the time BUT now i cant spam Zombie Bears to take life steal.And i havent found any good build so far

Spirit Barrage works well with the Rush of Essence passive. You can spam it for days on a single target and mix in a few acid clouds without ever going oom.

This fetish build is working really well for me. I can do solo & group runs at T4 (haven't tested higher than that, I'd imagine it would still work though) very easily with only a decent, reasonably cheap gear. Once I get the pet damage helm, it will be quite insane, as fetishes hit very hard as they are right now.

Pyrogeist is basically just a basic spell to summon fetishes and deal damage (great as it deals damage even if you're running).

Acid rain is my main AoE ability. I love it more than most other skills for the WD, really because the range of the AoE feels like you're playing a Frozen Orb mage and the damage is still very high. Does decent single-target damage too. I feel like Vampire Bats make you too clumsy.

Soul Harvest is just a great spell, I feel like it is almost mandatory for any WD build.

Fetish Army is a bit questionable. That slot is the slot where you could change something else you preferred more (if you don't have the pet dmg helmet, if you do, then use Fetish Army without a question). Fetishes hit like little trucks and with the CD reduction rune it is very likely it'll be up for at least every other champion/rare pack, and they MELT. Literally.

Spirit Walk is a good oh-shit button, allows me to kill those jailor+frozen elites much easier, not to mention it speed up the run when you're not fighting elites, as you can use it for run speed.

Big Bad Voodoo is honestly great. With the boogie man I can get 3 doges that will tank damage, electrified ticks, arrows, etc. and deal a decent amount of damage. Not to mention it is a great DPS cooldown for those packs without Fetish Army up.

As far as the passives go, I think I should explain myself a little. Pierce the Veil + Vision Quest, WTF? Yeah. Pierce the Veil is actually pretty good for a Fetish spec (see Fetish Sycophants) as it boosts the damage those do as well (seeing as they do your weapon damage). I combat the increased mana cost with Vision Quest, which, by the way, is awesome with Pyrogeist, as it refreshes with every tick that the Pyrogeist itself does.

And then, the star of the build, Fetish Sycophants. This passive is insane. The Fetishes deal as much damage as the Fetish Army, and it is not rare to see 4-6 up at the same time.

I seriously cannot wait to get my hands on the minion damage helmet, I want it so bad. This build is already really good for farming through all the acts in a group or without one and I cannot imagine how effective it would be with the helmet.

Ok guys. Ill try to explain - if you go to the first page or here and see the video. You can basicaly spam zombie chargers without htat much issue.. the key to this is Rush essence

basicaly if you ran out of mana just spam spirit barage for 2-5second and your regen is just fine to span another zombie chargers aswell as Ive got Blood ritual which makes you save 10% mana cost which is paid in life (thats about 15healt / zombie charger cast) + you can get mana reduce from paragon lvls and ofc from gear

atm im sitting on 25% mana reduction.

Another mana gain is from gruesome feast when you get blob you get 10% mana - Grave injustice 1% mana / kill so thats how i manage my mana - basicaly i kill everyhting in few seconds so i never run out of mana - i regen most of my spend mana during runing to another pack

hej projax thanks for your awsome guides. been using the dott spec for ros and im doign t1 and t2 without problems. Just wondering about the items you linked the other day that enhanced that build would you mind linking them again cant seem to find them anymore. peace

about zombie dogs - I did not tested anything related to them since their dmg is not that op but they are definitely good defense ability.

Anyway if you get the homonculus that can summon zombie dog / 5sec then you can propably do some crazy shit with it - and I think there were also some ring or legendary that created one big gargantuan doggy Anyway you can always go Pool jumpers and switch some spells and passive to the dogs if you like them. Their dmg will be alway small ( not consider sacrifice) but their role is soaking range and mellee atacks for you

Your spec is awesome, I'm just wondering how you manage with your mana. I cast piranha and 2 zombie towers and then I just stand there with no mana. I even took the mana regen talent instead of the one with the longer debuff of piranhas. Is there something I don't realize? Do you maybe need a certain amount of damage so the mobs die before yo're oom? Also there seem to be not enough monsters to get the resets.

Greetings WD's i obtained the "Gloves of warship" yesterday, these gloves are THE most impacfull(OP) legendaryyou can get. the shrinebuff i currently making Both Empowered and fleeting shrines last for an hour. whichcombined are amazing for WD's. i am currently running something simliar to the piranado charger build and withthe two shrine buffs i cannot goOOM even with pierce the veil. furthermore the fleeting shrine pickup radius bonus synergi with GrusomeFeastasemble the level of "thing of the deep" <:section> im currently running with vodoo but the champion pack are dying in less then2 sec anyway so imostly swap for Hex Angry chicken for a faster clears. Currently averaging in around 7mm clears for T1 rifts. Armory :http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/zala-2260/hero/48268 TLDR: Gloves of warship GET THEM